Publications by authors named "Marta Represa Montenegro"
Randomized Clinical Trial of the Need for Antibiotic Treatment for Low-Risk Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection Caused by Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci.
Laia Badia-Cebada João Carmezim María-Teresa Pérez-Rodríguez Elena Bereciartua Luis-Eduardo López Marta Represa Montenegro
Antibiotics (Basel)
May 2023
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates whether antibiotic therapy is necessary for low-risk catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI) caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) after catheter removal.
- Conducted in 14 Spanish hospitals, the trial randomized 27 patients—15 received no antibiotics while 12 received standard antibiotic treatment—focusing on complications and recovery time over 90 days.
- Results showed that one patient in the non-antibiotic group developed a complication, suggesting that low-risk CRBSI due to CoNS might be safely managed without antibiotics, although the trial was halted due to low participant numbers.
Article Synopsis
- Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) on anticoagulants often experience bleeding, which may indicate hidden cancers; this study analyzed 8,753 patients aged 75+ from 2014 to 2017.
- Out of those, 24.8% had clinically significant bleeding, and 5.5% were diagnosed with cancer within three years; 9.1% of bleeding patients were later found to have cancer.
- Specific types of bleeding (gastrointestinal, genitourinary, bronchopulmonary) significantly increased the likelihood of cancer diagnosis, highlighting the need for further cancer investigations in these cases.